In fact, not many of the people in the Eastbound Camp fell asleep at night, especially the muscular men of the Ballista Battalion, these guys began to be busy in the camp where the pit was booked to be dug almost as soon as the morning star had just dawned in the east. For them, after more than four months of coolie life - running around carrying wood every day, sawing wood, chiseling wood, and moving stones, what is not coolie? This is their first chance to show their faces, and there is no room for sloppiness.

The muscular men of the ballista battalion are not everyone who wants to be a stuffy gourd like Samuel, Samuel's deputy Wuzhen Haiwu Lao San is a chatterbox, this guy was originally a captain under Cheng Shouru of the garrison battalion, and was transferred by Lao Luo to Samuel as a deputy, at first he was very unconvinced by Samuel, the person who came out of Lao Luo's side, but after being hammered by Samuel with his fist, he is now too honest to speak, but that mouth can't be changed and refuses to rest.

"Samuel, why did you say that the Lord only told us to dig a pit yesterday, if it was buried yesterday, wouldn't it be possible to bombard those bastards now?" Wu Laosan followed behind Samuel and asked with some confusion.

"The general naturally has the consideration of the general, when have you ever seen the general make a mistake? Pay attention to check if the brothers are buried, can you be idle for a while? In the thin morning light, Samuel checked the pit as he passed, reminded his soldiers to pay attention to the essentials of operation, and had to reply to the guy next to him in a hurry, otherwise the guy would be out of rambling.

Wu Laosan didn't stand idly by, doing the same thing as Samuel, but he still refused to rest, "I just want to prepare earlier, I didn't see the rattan and wooden ball on the other side of the scout camp taking advantage of the Qarluq people to worship, let alone kill more than 10,000 black turbans......"

"You ......" Samuel hammered Wu Laosan on the shoulder, then pulled him aside and whispered, "How many things does the Lord need to worry about every day?" Looking at so many enemies on the other side, the Lord must have planned everything to meet us, where can you talk nonsense? And in front of his brothers? Want Sidike to get you in trouble? ”

It is said that men's friendships are often played, and the same is true for Samuel and Wu Laosan, although he is tired of Wu Laosan's broken mouth, Samuel doesn't want to lose this partner, so he has to say it patiently, which is very rare for him who is often taciturn.

Wu Laosan's face turned red instantly, but the sky was still very dark and no one could tell clearly, and then it turned white again in an instant, because he remembered the terrible blue-eyed devil of Siddec Nord, and looked around for a while, but did not find any patrolling gendarmes, Wu Laosan breathed a sigh of relief, put his arm around Samuel's shoulder and said, "Samuel, thank you, brother!" It's a good thing there are no gendarmerie guys around! ”

"The gendarmerie also have their duties, you better keep your mouth shut!" Samuel angrily pushed his deputy, this guy has no bad intentions, and his legs and feet are diligent and his hands are diligent, but the most prominent thing is that his mouth is too diligent.

"Then it's better to kill me with a knife......" Wu Laosan muttered lowly.

"Forgot what you were going to do last time?" Samuel led the way in front and followed a little helplessly.

"Picking up stones, for three days in a row, I picked up several carts...... Until now, I want to pick up the round stones when I see them...... "Wu Laosan shrunk his neck and looked around, following Samuel in the same direction.

"Haha......" The honest man is the bottom of the laugh, Samuel's voice came far away, "You better be honest...... Otherwise, you will be punished to pick up people's heads on the battlefield, and it will be miserable......"

…………

After breakfast, the sky was already bright, the warm morning sun brought a warmth to the foot of the snow-capped mountain, Lao Luo rode on the duke's back to inspect all the camps, the garrison camp and the cavalry school were all in place, as the first attack of the ballista battalion is the focus of his attention, more than a thousand muscular men have all been in place, in front of them is the pine cannon that has been buried.

The pine cannon, which was half-buried in the earth, looked like a wooden stake lying on the ground, pointing obliquely to the eastern sky at an angle of about forty-five degrees, and from a distance it looked somewhat similar to the horses around the Sanbu camp, except that the top of the pine cannon was not a sharpened wooden thorn. Of course, when you look closely, you will find that these things are very strange, with iron hoops on the exposed white stubble logs, and thick black holes in the middle that can be stuffed into the arm......

"Samuel, all the barrels are buried?" Just seeing Samuel who was busy checking back and forth, Lao Luo greeted and asked.

"Yes, Lord!" Samuel walked a few steps quickly to Lao Luo and walked forward to give a chest salute, and then said in an affirmative tone: "A total of eight hundred and forty cannon barrels, all set up!" ”

The total number of ballista battalions was only more than 1,200 people, and the reason why 840 pine cannons were set up was because it was too cumbersome to reload, and not to expect the wooden barrel to be able to be reused thirty or fifty times, it was already very rare to be able to use seven or eight times.

"Well, pay attention to the placement of pebbles and medicine bags, you must be far enough away from the cannon body, even if you run a few more steps, don't be lazy, you have to keep an eye on the brothers!" The airtightness of the pine cannon is not very good, and Lao Luo had to repeatedly tell this thoughtful subordinate that when it comes to war, he, as the main general, is destined not to have so much energy to pay attention to all aspects.

Pebbles are naturally the shells of the pine cannon, as for the medicine bag, of course, it is the gunpowder bag, which is a linen wrap that determines the standard measurement after quantitative testing, and the side of the pine cannon is provided with a gun door tied to the iron hoop, and the gun chamber is cleaned after each launch, and then the medicine bag is inserted, the gun door is closed, and then a certain amount of pebbles are added from the front end, and the wooden mallet wrapped in linen cloth is tamped...... Such a set of actions can take three or five minutes, although it is still very sloppy, but it is destined to have no negligence.

There are no trivial matters on the battlefield, every detail can be doomed to success or failure, even this very "primitive" artillery tool can kill people.

"Obey, Lord!" Along with the words, what was shown to Lao Luo was Samuel's resolute and stubborn face.

……

Turning back to where he should be, Lao Luo ordered someone to call Gonzath and Min Wenhou.

"Captain Min, what's going on on the other side?" This is a formal occasion, and Lao Luo is not good at directly calling his subordinates by name, not to mention that although Min Wenhou is Alke's deputy, his military rank is the same, and they are all captains.

"Back to the general, the three people on the opposite side are basically the same as the day before yesterday, except that they ...... The Qarluqs do not seem to be at peace, and some do not follow their custom of Fajr prayer! ”

Fajr prayer is a ritual of worship in the Green Religion, the first pilgrimage of the day. Of course, Lao Luo knew this thing very well, "What are the Qarlu people busy with?" ”

"Our men didn't dare to approach, after yesterday's attack, the men of the three divisions strengthened their garrison, and when they saw any movement outside the camp, they didn't even ask, they just shot arrows or threw stones with a stone thrower, and they took back all the sentinels......" Min Wenhou's reply was equally neat.

"Hmm......" Lao Luo pondered for a moment, unable to figure out what the other party wanted to do, but the arrow had to be sent, and it was actually too late for the other party to do anything under the strong situation. ”

Captain Olki stood aside and replied respectfully: "The joint report of the Lord, the commander of the scout battalion, Alke, and the captains of the cavalry, Safir and Fairman, has just arrived, and they have already found a foothold in the eastern mountain pass. ”

Safir and Fairman were the captains of the seventh and eighth capitals of the cavalry academy respectively, and they were originally one of the gladiators, but now their combat power and command have grown, and Lao Luo scattered them out to train people, as for the captain Guan Hexi of the ninth capital, it remains to be seen.

"Good!" With a cheer, Lao Luo turned his head to look at Gonzas, "Are the rest of the cavalry academy ready?" ”

"It's ready, just waiting for the lord to give the order!" Gonzas's armor was already fully dressed, and he looked particularly powerful when he stood upright.

Lao Luo looked around at the people around, and then at the soldiers who were already waiting not far away, no longer had any hesitation, and shouted softly: "Pass my general order, blow the brass trumpet, and attack the ballista battalion!" ”

"Whoa!"

Soon, it should be said that it didn't take a minute, a short rhythmic brass horn sounded, and after another minute, the pine cannon positions distributed at various points began to burst into flames, and then a deafening thunderous roar shook the whole land, and after the fire, everyone was greeted by patches of black smoke, and in the smoke no one could clearly see pebbles of different sizes, which were rushing to a distance of kilometers with a speed that they had never seen before......

Even if the horses of the Cavalry School of the headquarters were well-trained, they could not bear to neigh in such a roar, but fortunately, the soldiers of the Cavalry School were standing by their side, and the horses were still at least a hundred meters away from the position of the pine cannons......

The Sanbu camp on the opposite side was miserable, and the Sanbu soldiers who were originally quietly guarding felt that it was a peaceful morning, but they didn't expect to suddenly see the fire flickering on the opposite side, and then there was a deafening explosion, and the thunderous sound made people panic, and before they could react, the overwhelming big stones and small stones rushed over......

This scene...... It was no less than hail falling from the sky, and the pebbles fired from the pine cannon were the size of a fist, and the small ones were the size of eggs, and something of this size was projected at a speed three or four times as fast as the hailstone...... What will be the effect of hitting a person?

A hail the size of a broad bean can break a person's head, and a stone the size of an egg can break it...... The power is not inferior to that of the dumma bullet that later generations said, and those who do not wear armor will penetrate the human body, and those who wear armor will be directly embedded in the human body - this result is even worse than that of those who do not wear armor......

More than a dozen of the three camps that were attacked turned into a hornet's nest full of holes almost the moment the pine cannon began to roar, and the soldiers who reacted slowly were directly stoned to death by the pebbles, and the soldiers who reacted a little faster raised their round shields in vain, but they could not defend their chests and abdomen, but they could not protect their limbs...... The sturdy wooden village was no big deal, but the tents in the camp could not resist it, and it was smashed through in an instant, opening dozens of holes......

…………………………………………………………

Attached: Thank you for the book friends "kgb136", "jiangko" and "wenhong" for their point coins!